FSTAR and the IAFC will be hosting a Firefighter Memorial Wall and a Firefighter Survival Wall. The walls are a place to post a photo or a name of a firefighter who has dealt with or is currently dealing with job-related health issues.

FSTAR has created a list of additional related materials for training. Fire departments are encouraged to suspend all non-emergency activity during Safety Stand Down in order to focus on training and education related to this year’s theme: “The First 5 Minutes – Stretching the Initial Hose Line, Putting Water on the Fire.”

Just before 8:30 p.m. crews in Muscatine arrived in the 1100 block of Kansas Street for a structure fire. Responding crews found smoke and fire coming from inside a garage that was attached to a home. They also found smoke coming from the home. Officials say the fire spread to the second floor of the […]

Two Chicago firefighters were taken to hospitals with minor injuries Wednesday after a staircase collapsed as they battled an extra-alarm fire at a West Rogers Park apartment building, authorities said. A mayday response, which signals a firefighter has become trapped or lost in a fire, was called for a blaze in a 3-story brick apartment […]

Crews arrived at a Privilege Street commercial building late Monday morning to find thick, black smoke billowing into the air. The call came in around 10:30 a.m. and required mutual aid from several surrounding communities. “On arrival, crews were presented with heavy smoke coming out the ventilation system through the processing plant as well as some […]

One person was injured in a crash involving a fire truck early Monday morning, Houston police said. The crash was reported around 2 a.m. on the Southwest Freeway at Hillcroft. Police cleared the scene around 5 a.m. KTRK reported that the crash happened after a suspected drunken driver hit another car, causing it to hit the […]

Three firefighters were hurt while battling a second-alarm fire in an uzbek bakery Monday morning, said FDNY officials. The blaze sparked in the basement of Fortuna Cafe Bakery at 1406 18th Ave. at about 1:30 a.m., according to an FDNY tweet. Three firefighters were taken to an Maimonides Hospital with minor injuries, according to the […]